title: Large-mode-area multicore fibers in the single-moded regime.
abstract: The effectively single-mode regime is analyzed for a class of large mode area multicore fibers. The performance tradeoff between bend loss, single-modedness, and mode area for these fibers is shown to be at best equivalent to step-index fiber.
authors.affiliation: OFS Laboratories, Somerset, NJ 08840, USA. fini@ofsoptics.com
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fini
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation